Meaning:
head, end, top
Penzance (EN) / Pennsans (KW)
Type:
Parish:
Hundred:
Notes:
Attested in the texts: pensans(1), penzans(1), penzanz(1)
Elements notes:
penn 'head, top, end' + sans 'holy'
Historic forms:
Pensans 1284, 1304, 1311, 1356, 1391, portus de Pensans 1305, 1339, Pensant 1368, Pensauns 1482, Pensance 1555, 1651, Pensanse 1620, Penzans 1698.
English (1)
Cornish (1)